I’m probably not being very charitable because it’s late and because the Apple “Pods Unite” commercial has made all twenty seconds of their best-known song more overexposed than Liz Taylor’s leathery bosom, but I think the best way to characterize The Polyphonic Spree (on tv right now with Conan) would have to be “It’s Up With People meets the Moonies, only they’re allowed to use laptops.”

(And their site requires Flash with no exceptions, revealing their designer’s flirtation with a dangerous cult of his or her own.)